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Music Trivia (Easy)

Meant for learning basic music facts.
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Definition
W.C. Handy
Father of Blues
Benny Goodman
famous Jazz Clarinetist known as the "King of Swing"
Meat Loaf
"Bat Out of Hell" album artist
Elton John
"Crocodile Rock" artist
Sid Vicious
Bassist for the Sex Pistols
Scott Joplin
pianist known as the King of Ragtime
Rod Stewart
"Maggie May" and "Do You Think I'm Sexy" artist
Brian Epstein
Beatles manager
Nickelback
Brothers Chad & Mike Kroeger music group
Harry Belafonte
"Day O" artist (Calypso Music King)
Tina Turner
"What's Love Got to Do With It" and "Proud Mary" artist
Vladimir Horowitz
Russian-born piano virtuoso with 20 Grammys
andante
moderate pace
Fleetwood Mac
"Landslide" and "Go Your Own Way" artist
Coachella
California music festival
Milli Vanilli
lip-synching German duo
Marvin Gaye
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" artist
Ella Fitzgerald
Fist Lady of Song
Sergei Rachmaninoff
early 1900s Russian composer and piano virtuoso
Mötley Crue
Nikki Sixx band
James Brown
"Sex Machine" artist
Rupert Holmes
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) artist
Natalie Merchant
lead singer of 10000 Maniacs
Creedence Clearwater Revival
band with brothers John & Tom Fogerty
"Barracuda"
Heart song about a fish
Pink Floyd
"The Wall" album artist
Simon & Garfunkel
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" album artist
The Fugees
Haitian-American band with Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill
Phil Spector
record producer famous for his "Wall of Sound" style
Spice Girls
"Don't You Want To Be My Lover" artist
fife
Small, high-pitched flute
Little Richard
"Good Golly, Miss Molly" artist
Crazy Horse
Neil Young (Canada) band
Sugarcubes
Icelandic pop group
Lou Reed
Velvet Underground lead singer
Bob Dylan
"Mr. Tambourine Man" artist
INXS
"Devil Inside" and "Need You Tonight" artist
Guns N' Roses
"Sweet Child O' Mine" artist
presto
fast pace
Buddy Holly
"Peggy Sue" artist
Jimmy Buffett
"Margaritaville" artist
The Police
"Every Breath You Take" artist
Itzhak Perlman
Israeli-American violinist
Chaka Khan
"Queen of Funk"
Bobby McFerrin
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" artist
aria
solo in an opera
Garth Brooks
"Fresh Horses" album artist
Alice Cooper
"School's Out" artist
Eric Burdon
The Animals lead singer
Tammy Wynette
"Stand By Your Man" artist
Donna Summer
"Hot Stuff" artist
baritone
middle range male voice
Alice Cooper
"Welcome To My Nightmare" album artist
bossa nova
"New Trend" music
Van Morrison
"Brown-Eyed Girl" artist
harpsichord
A plucked keyboard instrument from the Baroque period of music
Green Day
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" artist
Slash
Guns 'N Roses guitarist
Garth Brooks
Trisha Yearwood spouse
allegro
lively, fast tempo
Clarinet
Licorice stick instrument
Green Day
"American Idiot" album artist
The Who
"Tommy" album artist
Paula Abdul
original female judge on American Idol
Bob Dylan
"Blowin' in the Wind" artist
Flea
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist
Soundgarden
"Black Hole Sun" artist
Gladys Knight
Empress of Soul
Bessie Smith
Empress of the Blues
prima donna
main female singer in an opera
contralto
Lowest female voice
Frank Zappa
Mothers of Invention lead singer
Kenny Loggins
"Danger Zone" and "Footloose" artist
Harry Belafonte
"Banana Boat Song"
Chuck Berry
"Johnny B. Goode" artist
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Definition
Bryan Adams
"Cuts Like a Knife" and "Summer of '69" artist
The Supremes
"Stop! In The Name of Love" artist
libretto
opera text
LeAnn Rimes
"How Do I Live" artist
88
Number of keys on piano
Eric Clapton
"Tears in Heaven" artist
Mötley Crue
"Girls, Girls, Girls" band
Kings of Leon
band made up of the Followill brothers + cousin
Paul McCartney
"Wings" lead singer
lento
slow pace
John Coltrane
"Giant Steps" album artist
Tommy Lee
Mötley Crüe drummer (ex-husband of Pamela Anderson)
Bette Midler
"Wind Beneath My Wings" singer
Steppenwolf
"Magic Carpet Ride" artist
Joan Jett
The Blackhearts lead singer
Jerry Garcia
Grateful Dead lead singer
Nashville
Country Music Hall of Fame location
David Bowie
"Space Oddity" artist
Janis Joplin
"Me and Bobby McGee" artist
REM
"Losing My Religion" artist
soprano
highest female voice
Falco
"Rock Me Amadeus" artist
adagio
slow tempo
Brian Johnson
AC/DC lead singer
George Michael
"Father Figure" and "Careless Whisper" artist
Blue Oyster Cult
"Don't Fear The Reaper" artist
"Cat's In The Cradle"
Harry Chapin song about dad who can't spend time with son; the son grows and can't spend time with dad
Radiohead
"Creep" artist
saxophone
Bill Clinton instrument
Duran Duran
"Hungry Like The Wolf" artist
drums
Phil Collins instrument
Eric Clapton
Slowhand
James Brown
Godfather of Soul
piano
Bartolomeo Cristofori created this instrument
867-5309
Tommy Tyrone hit about Jenny
tenor
Highest male voice
Cat Stevens
"Peace Train" artist
Lars Ulrich
drummer for Metallica
Peter, Paul, and Mary
"Puff the Magic Dragon" and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" artist
John Mellencamp
"Jack & Diane" and "Hurts So Good" artist
Aretha Franklin
"Chain of Fools" artist
Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss
Founder of A&M records
Sade
"Smooth Operator" artist
Jim Morrison
The Doors lead singer
Garth Brooks
"Friends In Low Places" artist
Sex Pistols
"God Save the Queen" artist
New Kids On The Block
Donnie Wahlberg (Mark Wahlberg brother) band
A-ha
Finnish rock group
George Martin
Beatles record producer
Otis Redding
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay artist
Berry Gordy
Motown Records founder
Lucille
BB King's guitar
Roy Orbison
"Oh, Pretty Woman" and "Blue Bayou" artist
Johnny Cash
The Man In Black
Beach Boys
"Good Vibrations" artist
Trent Reznor
Nine Inch Nails frontman
Boy George
androgynous lead singer of Culture Club
"This Land is Your Land"
Woody Guthrie anthem
Bon Jovi
"Livin' On A Prayer" artist
Guns N' Roses
"November Rain" artist
Maurice White
founder of Earth, Wind, and Fire
glockenspiel
German instrument with bells
Roger Daltrey
The Who lead singer
Jimmy Page
Guitarist for Led Zeppelin
Heart
Anne and Nancy Wilson group
Rick James
"Super Freak" artist
Liberace
"Behind the Candelabra" biopic was about this Las Vegas pianist
marimba
African xylophone
falsetto
artificial form of singing
Candle in the Wind
top selling single of all-time
Eddie Vedder
Pearl Jam lead singer
Billy Joel
"We Didn't Start The Fire" artist
Cleveland
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame location
Pattie Boyd
George Harrison, then Eric Clapton's wife
Kenny Rogers
"The Gambler" and "Islands in the Stream" artist
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